Structure and piaster-board-anchorage mbajsts



C.G-.`SHUMAN. I. BUILDING STRUCTURE AND PLASIER BOBD ANCHORAGE MEANS.

' I APPLICATION FILED APH. 9, 911| y 1 ,30S 1 99. Patented July I, 1919.

may.; be driven in the form-work l0, but, in connection with the portion intermediate of the legs lf. and 13,. provides a concretereceiving loop, which will hold the member firmly against any possible withdrawal after the concrete has become set, as'shown in Figs. 1 and 2. It is understood, 0,1- course,l

ing, preferably at equi-distances from theV fastening means and the domes, after Which the' concrete is poured onto the form-work or plankinO `and across the domes to a su'f# Iicient dept .-,or thickness so to embed the domes and the aforementioned lfastening l means.

As soon as the concrete has become suiiiciently set, the form-work or planking 10 is then removed by withdrawing the same from the fastening members or means, which leaves the end of the leg 13a of the respective members to project or depend from the beanrportions of the concrete or overhead construction to a predetermined extent.

The projecting shankor leg 13 of the various anchoring` members 13 are intended to receive the combined spacing members and clips 15. The members l5 are prefer/'- ably made of a rectangular piece of sheet metal along the longitudinal center line'into a if-shape el-annel formation, as shown in perspective in Fig. 3, with the longitudinal sides disposed laterally outward, as shown at 16 in Fig. 3. These sides are adapted to come into contact with the concrete beams, or the sides of the domes, as shown in Fig. 2; the combined spacers rand clips being intended to be arranged transversely of the beams, as shown. The apex or bottom oi the V-portion of each member 15 is provided preferably at the centerwith a longitudinal slot 17 through which the leg 13 of the anchoring member 13 is intended to extend. The protruding` end of each leg, namely the portieri which extends below the combined spacerand clip "l5, is bent over, as shown at 18 in Fig. 2, Jthereby firmly holding the combined spacer and clip 15 in place against the bottom of the beam.

The longitudinal sides lil ot the combined spacer and clip are both slit Jfrom opposite ends of the clip, as shown in Fig. 3, so as to provide the flexible prong-portions 19 and 20; which, after the clips have been applied in place, arc intended to be bent dQWnwardly at right angles to the longitufiual .des, as shown in Fig. 2, and in Fig. 3

'here one of the prongs, towit 19, is shown in dotted lines bent into position; it being understood that all of the prongs are bent downwardly before the plaster-boards are applied..V It is understood, of course, that a combined spacer and clip member 15v is applied to each fastening means or anchor 13, so that one or more clips are provided for every plaster-board section, as shown in Fig. 2; the fastening means and combined spacers and clips being provided at predetermined intervals apart commensurate with the width of the plaster-boards which are shown at 21. The pl aster-boards 21 are of a.

length suiiicient to extend from beam to beam and rest on the apex or downwardly presented portion of the member 15. The downwardly bent prongs 19 and 20 of the respective clips at both ends of the boards, are intended to eXtend downwardly between the abutting ends "of theA respective boardsections. After a plaster-board seetion'has been properly placed, one prong of each clip, with which the section contacts, is bent over the adjacent end of the board, that is, one prong, as for example prong 19, has its end bent beneath the board-section located on one side, or to the right of the clip while the other prong 20 has its end bent beneath the board-section adjacent and located to the left of the clip, as shown in Fig. 2; in other words, the prongs of each spacer and clip are intended to hold the adjacent ends of the two board-sections, as clearly shown.

After all the spacing members or elements have been put into place and the sectional plaster-boards 21 secured by the respective prongs of the different spacing members or elements, as shown in- Fig. 2, the coating oi plasterf-indicated at 22 is then applied to the plaster-boards, entirely covering the blent ends of the various clips. The invention may have expression in somewhat different mechanical 'orm without, however, depart-- ing from the spirit of* my invention, and fl do not Wish to be understood as limiting* myself to the exact construction shown am described.

In a building structure of the class described, the combination of a structure formed of hydraulically setting material, with a. series of book-shape 'fastening elements embedded in said hydraulically setting material, said elements being provided with elongated Shanks adapted to protrude from the hydiaulically setting material, sheet metal spacco-members being throughout their lengths substantially V-shape in cross-section with the longitudinal edges disposed laterally outward adapted to rest against the hydraulically .setting material,

'said edges being slit from opposlte ends of the members so as to provide iiexible p0rtions or tongues, While the apex portions -of the. members are adapted to project awfay from said hydraulically settingmaterial, the apex portions being provided with openings at a point intermedlate of the ends of the members adapted to 'receive the Shanks. of the respective hook-shape element, and "sectional plaster-boards dlsposedv between adjacent rows of fastenin elements and supported atthe ends on t e spacer members, with the Hexble tongue 'at/ one end of each spacer member bent about the end of one 41lb' p1asterboard,whi1e the other tongue of each spacer member is bent 4about the abutting end of a second plaster-board.

CLEQ G. SHUMAN. Witnesses:

GEORGE HEIDMAN, F. A. Fnonnm.. 

